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Probably a 3.5 rating. It's clean & seems pretty new. The room had a kitchen area with a microwave & a stovetop, but no oven. In my room, the refrigerator is decent, but the doors open the wrong way. There are a few cooking utinsels, silverware, glasware. The thing to cook there would be TV dinners & not much more. The room is smallish, at least a standard room, but it has enough to get by. There is a table & chairs that can be used for dining. There's also a comfy-looking upholstered chair that has a very big arm on the left side & a normal sized arm on the right side. For someone left handed, their arm is trapped in a sense by the high side of the chair. There's a llamp behind that chair, so it's likely good for reading, save for the weird chair. There is also a reading lamp on each side of each bed, so there's a lot of light. There ought to be a few more plugs including for USB cords, of which there aren't any. The WiFi is fine & the TVi was also fine, with a decent selection of chaaannels. There's also an iron/board available. The beds were comfortable. The batroom has a full tub, which is a fading thing these days. The sink is outside the tub & toilet, so it can be used seperately. The sink could use a towel bar/ring nearby as there is no place there to hang a towel. The drain closer unit for the tub was broken, but managed to hold water. The tub did drain well, which is not always so in hotels. There's an unusual closet there that I can't really describe. There's no dresser for folding clothes/socks except the night stand. The closet has some shelves for that I guess. The closet is unusual as noted, with a lot of wasted space. The free breakfast was mediocre, though COVID may still be a factor. The breakfast area is very small for the size of the hotel. I could see it getting over-run if a lot of the guests arrived at once. I've stayed at a lot of different Marriott hotels & this breakfast was among the poorest. They had no butter. It seems that someone could simply go to a COSTCO or Restaurant Depot for that. Also, no english muffins. The only toastable item were individual slices of plain white bread., without butter. There was no make-your-own waffle option either. The indoor pool is nice. I don't know if there's a small gym area. Parking seems adequate. I saw an outdoor grill available. Also during our stay, the smoke alarm went off each moring & the fire department had to be summoned to turn it off. There was no fire. This isn't necessarily the fault of the hotel, but one of the times we were still asleep. Maybe a guest was cooking to make up for the inadequate breakfast.

We stayed here for 8 nights while our local home was being renovated. It's in a convenient location, but that's pretty much where the positives stop. The description says ”recently renovated”. Not sure what was renovated recently, or how they're defining ”recently” but the place is very dated from furnishings to appliances. We were in a 2-bedroom suite with a fireplace. The fireplace was nice because the heat didn't work a lot of the time. 3 of the 4 door handles in the suite were broken. Cabinets didn't close right, floors were filthy and there was a thick coating of dust on top of door trim and wall hangings. You could barely see out the windows. The couch sagged so bad in the middle that we put extra cushions and pillows on it to level it out. I could go on and on, but basically the rooms are maintained in a manner that keeps them at the very minimum of the definition of ”functional”. The ”mixers” Monday through Wednesday are really a food and beer grab by guests and staff. There's not really any mixing, but we were okay with that. Why 3 stars? Two reasons. One is they take pets. We needed a place to stay with our cats. Two is that the staff is phenomenal. Very friendly, attentive and caring. If not for them this place would fold up in a heartbeat. Oh maybe a third reason - breakfast is awesome (also thanks to the staff).

We stayed one night for a family wedding that was about 20 minutes away. Check-in was easy. The room was very clean and the bed was quite comfortable. We loved the Dove liquid bath products. The refrigerator was a nice size. We had a King Suite and it was adequately spacious. We didn't try the breakfast because once my husband saw that Cracker Barrel was one door over, he couldn't get the idea of going there for brunch out of his head. We plan on returning to the area this summer and staying here again, so we'll be looking forward to enjoying the included breakfast which did smell quite delicious. There seems to be quite a bit to see and do in the area during the summer season. We're looking forward to exploring the area in the future.

The 2 bedroom 2 bathroom room is very comfortable and the breakfast is delicious. In the town of Dover, the surrounding scenery is beautiful and the community environment is elegant. There is a high speed when you go out. It is about 40 minutes by car from Newark Airport. You can park for free and drive by yourself.

As in past years that I have stayed here, The front desk, housekeeping, breakfast room and maintenance staff are the best! Special shout out to Cathy at the front desk, who always goes the extra mile to make sure we have our reservations intact with room preferences. Having not been since 2019 due to Covid, the hotel has had renovations throughout. Beautiful and clean- definitely at the very top of a holiday inn express!

It was a good experience overall. Rooms were clean and tidy . Washrooms had a proper sanitary .